Medieval architecture

Medieval architecture

(400–1400)

The architecture of the European Middle Ages where the use of Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic elements spanned a millennium. It was an age of the fortified castle, where bishop’s palaces rivaled cathedrals in splendor and served public and private functions. As the population grew, smaller houses nestled around castle walls, creating medieval towns. As urban land grew more valuable, tall narrow houses with upper stories were common.

Medieval architecture

Architecture of the European Middle Ages, from about the 5th to the 15th centuries. Found, in particular, in the pre-Romanesque, Romanesque, and Gothic styles.

To celebrate the DVD release of The White Queen, we are giving one lucky reader the chance to win a luxury long weekend for two to Bruges, Belgium, where The White Queen was filmed for its stunning untouched medieval architecture.

In addition to its inspirational medieval architecture and street patterns, Ruthin has an eclectic Christmas selection of specialist retail outlets that are ideal for a spot of seasonal shopping with a difference.

Among specific topics are the syntax of spolia in Byzantine Thessalonike, Armenia and the borders of medieval art, examples from northern Greece of life in a late Byzantine tower, imperial and aristocratic funerary panel portraits in the middle and late Byzantine periods, and interpreting medieval architecture through renovations.

Vanbrugh's houses are telling, above all, in silhouette, and in this respect it is important that not only was he inspired by medieval architecture but that he lived in a castle--an amazing tall brick house in Blackheath that does not have a single pointed window but yet has a castle-like air.

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